# Mother Goose: Hark! Hark! - Source: The Real Mother Goose (mother-goose.gutenberg.org), Public domain, Blanche Fisher Wright, illustrator, 1916, via Project Gutenberg - Reading level: Ages 4 to 6 - Subjects: Poems, Animals - Topics: crusoe, hark, poor, robinson, bombay, love - Length: 231 words, about 2 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: Hark, hark! the dogs do bark! Beggars are coming to town: Some in jags, and some in rags, And some in velvet gown. ## The Hart The hart he loves the high wood, The hare she loves the hill; The Knight he loves his bright sword, The Lady--loves her will. ## My Love Saw ye aught of my love a-coming from the market? A peck of meal upon her back, A babby in her basket; Saw ye aught of my love a-coming from the market? ## The Man Of Bombay There was a fat man of Bombay, Who was smoking one sunshiny day; When a bird called a snipe Flew away with his pipe, Which vexed the fat man of Bombay ## Poor Old Robinson Crusoe! Poor old Robinson Crusoe! Poor old Robinson Crusoe! They made him a coat Of an old Nanny goat. I wonder why they should do so! With a ring-a-ting-tang, And a ring-a-ting-tang, Poor old Robinson Crusoe! ## A Sieve A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose, A hundred eyes and never a nose! ## My Maid Mary My maid Mary she minds the dairy, While I go a-hoeing and mowing each morn; Gaily run the reel and the little spinning wheel, While I am singing and mowing my corn. ## A Difficult Rhyme What is the rhyme for porringer? The king he had a daughter fair, And gave the Prince of Orange her. ## Picture credits - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain ()